Ipswich methodically defeated Northwestern Area 55-41 in a boys' high school make-up game last Saturday, Jan. 8 in the Tiger Den.

The Tigers would slowly but surely build up a 20-point late lead, 55-35 thanks to a Taylor Thorson drive. But the visitors would score the final six points of the game with back-to-back treys.

Ipswich had led 15-6 after a quarter and 27-15 at intermission created by a Carter Geditz basket from within the trey arc. The Wildcats weren't quite ready to board their bus in the cold evening, though, so made a third-quarter run on the Tigers, capped by a trey to close...